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Growing a mentally healthy generation  starts here

Working together to create a generation of children and young people who are mentally healthy, resilient and equipped to thrive in life. 

With Be You you’ll build the confidence, skills and support needed to embed mental health and wellbeing into everyday education.  

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Be You empowers educators to support learning communities

Be You is the national mental health and wellbeing initiative for learning communities in Australia.

Our free, evidence-informed tools and resources can be used in your everyday practice. They are designed to fit within your early learning service’s or school’s existing framework.

Delivered by Beyond Blue in collaboration with Early Childhood Australia and headspace, Be You's goal is to empower and support educators to promote mental health and wellbeing for every child and young person in Australia.

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Build your knowledge

Accredited online learning modules with practical, evidence-informed content and actions for educators. Explore topics such as social and emotional learning, promoting inclusion, early intervention and responding to critical incidents.
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Tools and information

Free, evidence-informed resources for supporting a whole learning community approach to mental health and wellbeing. These are designed to fit within your early learning service or school’s existing framework.
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Implementing Be You

Once registered as a Be You Learning Community, your Action Team Leader can access planning and implementation tools on your dashboard. These resources support your Action Team with each stage of the Be You Implementation Cycle.
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Be You Consultant support

Be You Consultants guide registered Be You Learning Communities through our resources and connect educators with other networks. They support Action Teams to identify and prioritise your learning community’s needs and create a tailored plan for action.
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More about Be You

Learn what Be You is, who it’s for, and how it supports educators to create mentally healthy early learning services and schools.
What is Be You?

Getting started with us as a

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Pre-service

Future educators in Vocational Education and Training or at university

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Educators

Teachers, early childhood educators, support staff

Leaders

Leadership team members, wellbeing team members

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Wellbeing Team

Educators implementing Be You in their early learning service or school

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Upcoming Events

Learn alongside others, register for upcoming events to hear from Be You Consultants and mental health and wellbeing experts.

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Events

Be You events for early learning

Explore key topics in mental health and wellbeing alongside practical strategies for making positive change in your learning community.
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Be You events for schools

Explore mental health and wellbeing themes and strategies, including practical actions to support a whole-school approach. These events are designed for educators, leaders, support staff and allied health workers.
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Supporting educators to
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Helping educators feel confident in the moments that matter 

Trusted by over 11,000 Australian early learning services and schools, with more than 200,000 educators registered nationwide. 

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Discovery ELC's tailored approach to using Be You – 6:37

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Discover how educators from early learning services and schools are tailoring and implementing Be You across Australia.

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Join as a Be You Learning Community 

Be You individual and learning community registration is free for all educators in early learning services and schools across Australia. 

To get the most out of Be You, register as a Be You Learning Community.

  1. Appoint Action Team Leaders and ensure they register with Be You as an individual

  2. Once signed up, Action Team Leaders can register your early learning service or school as a Be You Learning Community

As part of a Be You Learning Community, Action Team Leaders will be able to access: 

  • the full resource library
  • planning and implementation tools
  • a Be You Consultant to support your learning community.
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